The Few
\nby cricketjeff on August 20, 2010.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nWhen bombers rained their venom from the sky
\nThe fall of France meant Britain stood alone
\nAnd Hitler seemed about to take the throne
\nThe few who flew defended Britain’s sky
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The Hurricanes and Spitfires had to fly
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 So Germany had no chance to invade
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And every day raw courage was displayed
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The few who flew defended Britain’s sky
\nToo many brave young flyers had to die
\nAround the World these heroes should be praised
\nThey won the time for armies to be raised
\nThe few who flew defended Britain’s sky
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 When bombers rained their venom from the sky
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The few who flew defended Britain’s sky<\/p>\n
The few who flew defended Britain’s sky
\nFrom Dorniers and Heinkels by the score
\nThey had to knock these scourges to the floor
\nTo save the World for folk like you and I
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Keith Park’s young men were tasked each day to try
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And stop the Lutwaffe seizing air control
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A tiny band to hold that vital role
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 To save the World for folk like you and I
\nThe battle won the World still had to cry
\nAnother thousand battles to be fought
\nAnd millions more would die as nations sought
\nTo save the World for folk like you and I
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The few who flew defended Britain’s sky
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 To save the World for folk like you and I<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nSeventy years ago today Winston Churchill made his famous speech including the
\nline “Never in the field of human conflict, was so much owed, by so many, to so
\nfew”, thereby creating a name for the pilots of RAF fighter command, flying
\nrepeated sorties against the odds to deny Hitler and Goering Air superiority
\nover South Eastern England in what became known as “The Battle of Britain”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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